VES launches effects industry 'bill of rights'
VFX artists should be able to refuse unexpected overtime "without fear of reprisal", says industry manifesto.
Saturday, September 24th, 2011
Free Resources
Pixologic ships ZBrush 4R2
Hotly tipped free update goes live, along with two Ryan Kingslien demo videos of its new Dyanmesh feature.
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
The Foundry unveils new timeline tool for Nuke
HIERO conforms edit decision lists to enable Nuke artists to view their work in the context of the final cut.
Friday, September 9th, 2011
Design the new 3ds Max box art and win a 3DBOXX
Enter Autodesk's 'Design Hero' contest to win a $15,000 3D workstation and $5,000 in cash.
Friday, September 9th, 2011
ARTVPS releases Shaderlight 2 for SketchUp
Interactive rendering plug-in gains animation support and option to swap out billboards for 3D models.
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
One to bookmark: Reference! Reference!
Need a video of a dwarf or a man twirling his mustache? This free animation reference library has both.
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
3ds Max to get Bullet physics plug-in
Mir Vadim posts work-in-progress videos of Bullet support in his RayFire dynamics add-on.
Monday, September 5th, 2011
Watch Autodesk's Siggraph 2011 masterclasses online
Free training sessions on next-gen head modelling, animation in Maya and Softimage, and VFX in Max.
Sunday, September 4th, 2011
See the best videos created using Project Photofly
Watch our pick of the work created using Autodesk's neat new online image-based modelling service.
Friday, September 2nd, 2011
DNA Research cuts price of 3Delight for Maya
Version 6 of the RenderMan-compliant renderer drops the cost of a quad-core licence to just $400.
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
HDR Light Studio Pro gets new KeyShot plug-in
Design lighting set-ups inside KeyShot in real time, then export the results as a custom HDR file.
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Sneak peek: ZBrush 4R2's new DynaMesh feature
True digital clay comes a step nearer with Pixologic's new auto-retopology feature, due next month.
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Autodesk buys Numenus raytracing technology
Company acquires staff and code from the developer of the RenderGin NURBS rendering software.
Friday, August 26th, 2011